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innervation

noun — 3 senses

innervation

noun

UK /ɪn.əˈveɪ.ʃən/ · US /ˌɪn.ɚˈveɪ.ʃən/

Etymology From innervate + -ion.

1

Anatomy, Biology, Medicine, Natural sciences, Sciences, Zoology The act of innervating or stimulating.

2

Anatomy, Biology, Medicine, Natural sciences, Sciences, Zoology Special activity excited in any part of the nervous system or in any organ of sense or motion; the nervous influence necessary for the maintenance of life, and the functions of the various organs.

3

Anatomy, Biology, Medicine, Natural sciences, Sciences, Zoology The distribution of nerves in an animal, or to any of its parts.

Derived terms
deinnervation, dysinnervation, hyperinnervation, hypoinnervation, innervational, monoinnervation, neoinnervation, polyinnervation

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